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Hundreds Attend Palm Sunday Service at National Shrine in D.C.

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on the campus of Catholic University is seen in Washington, DC, on March 21, 2008. Pope Benedict XVI will hold a private prayer service and meeting with the 350 bishops of the United States at the Basilica as he makes his first official visit to the United States next month when he travels to New York and Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Palm Sunday at National Shrine

WASHINGTON (WNEW) — Hundreds packed into the Upper Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Northeast Sunday afternoon for Palm Sunday services.

Marking the start of the Holy Week for Christians, the Catholic Church’s representative to the U.S. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano delivered the homily.

He told the congregation that it is their god-given duty to wipe away the tears and help heal those who are wounded. The Archbishop also told the congregation not to let words of forgiveness get stuck in their throat, or let pettiness dominate them.